pjbooks Chapter 141 The Doorway Insect Swarm, The Second Anchor Probe
Chapter 141 The Doorway Insect Swarm, The Second Anchor Probe
Night once again descended upon Longyuan City.
The main star gate hangs deep in the sky, with silvery cracks flowing slowly.
But tonight, in the silvery-white tide, there is an extra dark blue anchor mark.
The anchor mark looked like a nail.
Not big.
However, it is firmly embedded in the deep tidal zone of the main star gate.
The outer ring defense line of the Zhenxing Army has been fully activated.
One after another, energy towers rose up, casting silvery-white pillars of light that enveloped the city below the main star gate in a defensive array.
On the streets, ordinary residents were asked to go home early.
All colleges and departments of the university have suspended nighttime study sessions.
All large-scale energy facilities, such as the Resource Institute, Cultivation Tower, and Star Source Pool, have reduced their energy supply and transferred the energy to the main star gate defense array.
The entire city of Longyuan seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible hand.
Quiet.
tight.
Everyone knows that something has happened to the Main Star Gate.
But most people don't know that the root cause of this incident comes from the sect leader, Second Anchor.
Top floor of the Stargate Observatory.
The compass has been running continuously for three hours.
The white-haired mentor stood before the compass, his eyes bloodshot.
"What is the stability of the two anchors?"
The observer nearby immediately replied:
"Twenty-nine."
"29.6".
"29.9"
Everyone's expression changed.
The white-haired mentor suddenly looked up.
"Prepare to report."
The voice just fell.
In the center of the compass, the dark blue anchor mark suddenly lit up.
thirty.
Stability exceeded 30%.
At that very moment, the space above the entire observation institute suddenly rippled.
Like a layer of water, it is pushed up from the other side by countless tiny things.
next moment.
Click.
A very thin, dark blue crack appeared above the dome of the observatory.
Then, the second one.
The third way.
Hundreds of tiny cracks spread out like a spider web.
Behind the crack, tiny, dark blue eyes, each about the size of a thumb, slowly opened.
They do not have complete bodies.
Only a ring of translucent insect wings vibrated around the central eyeball.
Door eye worm.
The first doorworm squeezed out of the crack.
Then came the second one.
The third one.
In just ten breaths, countless swarms of blue-eyed worms appeared in the sky above the observation post.
Every eye is moving.
They don't roar.
Do not kill them.
Just watching.
Visit the observatory.
Look at the Zhenxing Army formation.
Look at the main star's origin tide.
Look at the entire Longyuan City.
The white-haired mentor's expression changed drastically:
"A doorworm!"
"They are not aggressive alien beasts!"
"They're spy cameras!"
"Every time one dies, the footage it sees might be transmitted back behind the door!"
The alarm sounded instantly throughout the observation post.
"Anomaly in the projection of the second anchor at the main star gate!"
"An infestation of doorworms has appeared!"
"Requesting support from the Zhenxing Army!"
Before the Zhenxing Army could arrive, a silver-black domain descended from the sky.
Zhou Xuanheng stood at the front of the star cruiser.
His silver-black robe fluttered in the wind.
His eyes were indifferent as he raised his hand and pressed down.
"The Domain of the Star Law Marquis".
hum-
The entire sky above the observatory appeared to be covered again by some standardized stargate rules.
Silver and black lines intertwine to form a net.
Each line precisely targets a single worm.
The worms that had just squeezed out of the crack were as if they were nailed to the air.
The insect's wings stopped moving.
The eyeballs are stiff.
Then, Zhou Xuanheng clasped his five fingers together.
The silver-black star network suddenly contracted.
Bang bang bang bang!
Hundreds of worms exploded at the same time.
Before the azure liquid could even fall, it was incinerated into nothingness by the fiery rules within the Star Law Marquis's domain.
The sky above the observatory cleared up instantly.
Countless spectators looked up at this scene, their hearts trembling.
"Is this the Star Gate General Headquarters' Star Patrol Envoy?"
"In the later stages of being granted the title of Marquis, he was indeed not on the same level as Qin Xuanxiao."
"Qin Xuanxiao's Mountain and River Marquisate is a domineering suppression."
"Zhou Xuanheng's Star Law Domain is more like incorporating the pollution behind the door into the rules and erasing it directly."
"No wonder the General Headquarters can govern multiple Star Gate Cities."
Zhou Xuanheng stood in mid-air, his expression showing no sign of smugness.
It was as if they had only cleared out a small number of insignificant insects.
He spoke calmly:
"The observatory continues recording."
"The Zhenxing Army has sealed off the cracked area."
"Star Guardian, deploy the Star Law Array."
The twelve Star Guardians responded simultaneously.
"yes!"
The silver-armored figures spread out in all directions.
One after another, array plates of the General Headquarters standard fell into the sky above the Observatory.
The Star Law Domain and the array plate were connected, temporarily suppressing the dark blue crack.
In the conference hall.
The elders' representatives watched this scene from afar, and many of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"The difference is indeed evident when someone makes a move in the later stages of their career."
"With the Star Patrol Envoy in charge, the two anchors of the main star gate may not be unable to suppress it."
"No matter how fierce the blood-stained face is, it's still just a quack's method."
"The Star Gate is acting strangely; we still need to rely on the General Administration system."
Gu Changye stood on a tall tower outside the observation institute, and upon hearing the discussions in the distance, he simply chuckled softly.
He did not refute it.
I simply opened my notebook and wrote down a few lines.
The first signs of an infestation of insects have appeared at the door.
Zhou Xuanheng used the Star Law Marquis's Domain to kill hundreds of Eye Worms.
Confidence has rebounded across all parties.
But the door worm doesn't kill people; it only searches for locks.
After writing the last sentence, he looked up towards the direction of the Starry Courtyard.
"They're not here to fight."
"They came to see."
……
Starry Courtyard.
Lin Xiaoya is sleeping.
She practiced locking the door for a long time today and slept very soundly last night.
But the moment the worm appeared above the observation post, the white lock mark on her forehead suddenly lit up slightly.
In a dream.
She stood in a quiet, white open space.
There is no White Tower corridor.
There is no observation ring.
There was also no experimental subject number one.
This is her own dream.
But soon, an eye appeared at the edge of the dream.
Tiny.
Dark blue.
It lay on the edge of the dream, as if looking through a thin layer of glass, trying to see inside.
Lin Xiaoya suddenly took a step back.
Then, a second eye appeared.
The third one.
The fourth one.
More and more eerie blue eyes appeared at the edge of the dream.
They did not speak.
I just looked at her.
Densely packed.
Icy.
silent.
Lin Xiaoya's face turned pale instantly.
"elder brother……"
She instinctively wanted to shout.
But soon, she remembered what Subject One had left her.
If you hear the door open, don't be afraid.
Ask yourself first.
Does it ask you to open the door, or does it ask you to close the door?
These eyes were not attacking her.
He was looking at her.
Looking for her.
After confirming her.
The doorman needs to find the lock.
Lin Xiaoya bit her lip and raised her hand to press her forehead.
The red lotus fire pattern lit up first.
Then, the white lock pattern next to it slowly appeared.
Her voice was still trembling slightly.
But I'm much more determined than before.
"Don't look."
The white lock pattern lights up.
At the edge of the dream, a faint white light swept across like a door latch.
The closest, eerie blue eye was obscured by the white light.
That eye trembled violently.
It's as if I can no longer see the inside of the dream.
Lin Xiaoya's face paled even more.
Locking up even one eye is not an easy task for her.
But at the edge of the dream, there are still many eyes.
Just then, a wisp of dark golden blood energy fell from above the dream.
Not urgent.
Unhappy.
Like Lin Yuan's hand, gently resting on her shoulder.
Lin Xiaoya felt instantly at ease.
She turned around.
Lin Yuan was not seen.
But she knew her brother was there.
……
In the courtyard of the Star Sect.
Lin Yuan stood under the eaves and looked up in the direction of the observatory.
He could feel the gaze of those door-eye worms.
It's not about looking at him directly.
Instead, they were looking for Lin Xiaoya.
Zhou Xuanheng killed the group of door-eye insects above the observation institute, but there was still a more hidden main eye, trying to circle around to the star-owned courtyard along the dream anchor mark.
That main eye is what truly needs to be transmitted back behind the door.
Lin Yuan did not summon Blood Shadow.
They didn't even leave the Star Family Courtyard.
He simply raised one finger.
A trace of dark gold energy emerged from the fingertips.
Then, it disappeared silently.
next moment.
Lin Xiaoya's dream edge.
A giant main eye, hidden behind many smaller eyes, has just opened.
That eye was much larger than the others.
Deep within its pupils, the second anchor of the main star gate is faintly visible.
As long as it can see the lock mark on Lin Xiaoya's forehead, the image will be transmitted back behind the door.
But the moment it opened its eyes...
A wisp of dark golden blood energy had already appeared in the center of its pupil.
There was no explosion.
There was no roar.
Just a light press.
The dominant eye suddenly contracted.
It felt like being gripped by an invisible hand.
Click.
The pupils dilated.
The eerie blue light seemed to be trying to travel back through the door.
However, the dark gold blood energy directly flowed in the opposite direction along that feedback channel.
swallow.
The core of the door was instantly crushed.
The remaining energy was pulled back by the Extreme Star Furnace from a distance.
A system notification appeared inside Lin Yuan's body.
[Residual energy of the second anchor gate master core detected]
[Traces of peeping from behind the door detected]
[Contamination being removed]
[Physical compression of Qi and blood is underway]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 745000]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 748000]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 750000]
Lin Yuan's eyes flickered slightly.
The energy of the main core in the portal vein is not particularly high.
But it is very pure.
It bears direct traces of a second anchor.
After it was swallowed, the marks behind the doors inside the Extreme Dao Star Furnace became clearer.
This shows that what lies behind the second anchor is more direct and more suitable for him to impact 800,000 times than the broken anchor of the White Pagoda.
In a dream.
After the main eye shattered, the remaining small eye worms scattered.
Lin Xiaoya breathed a sigh of relief.
The white lines on my forehead are slowly fading away.
She whispered:
"Brother, is that you?"
Above the dream, the wisp of dark golden blood energy swayed slightly.
It's like a response.
Lin Xiaoya finally felt relieved.
"I locked one up."
She said in a low voice.
"Even though there's only one."
But she was still somewhat happy.
Because this time, she didn't just hide.
She really did close one eye.
……
Stargate Observatory.
Zhou Xuanheng had just killed hundreds of door-eye insects when his eyes suddenly flickered.
He looked up and gazed in the direction of the Starry Courtyard.
The Star Law Marquis's domain trembled slightly.
Just now, a key element of the portal was intercepted.
He didn't kill them.
It wasn't erased by the Zhenxing Army's formation.
Instead, it was swallowed directly from the anchor marks of the dream by some heavier kind of qi and blood.
Zhou Xuanheng's eyes turned slightly cold.
"Who?"
The patrol guard beside him whispered:
"Sir, what's wrong?"
Zhou Xuanheng did not answer.
He raised his hand to bring up the Star Law Array records.
On the array diagram, all the door-eye worms that had been annihilated by the Star Law Marquis's domain were clearly visible.
Only the most crucial signal from the main eye disappeared in the final instant.
It's not a disconnection.
It was eaten.
Zhou Xuanheng frowned.
"An ancient cultivator with a blood-red face?"
His first thought was still about the blood.
Because in the entire Dragon Abyss City, the only person openly capable of remotely killing the main core of the Gate Eye is that Blood-Faced Ancient Cultivator.
But soon, he thought of the previous attitudes of Zhenxinghou and Gu Changye.
The blood-red face may not be the real body.
The person below.
Lin Yuan.
Zhou Xuanheng's eyes grew cold.
"It seems the background check needs to begin as soon as possible."
On a tall tower in the distance.
Gu Changye looked at the gap in the observation array and chuckled softly.
"Wrong again."
His subordinates were puzzled:
"Sir, what's wrong?"
Gu Changye said:
"They thought that Bloodface had intercepted the core of the door."
"But the one who truly devoured it was that boy in the old school uniform in the Star Family Courtyard."
The subordinate's expression changed slightly, and he dared not respond.
Gu Changye lowered his head and wrote in his notebook:
Lin Yuan did not move the blood shadow.
The second anchor gate's main core was swallowed remotely.
The number of compressions appears to be increasing.
Zhou Xuanheng sensed something was wrong and misjudged that the target was still leaning towards the blood side.
After finishing writing, he paused for a moment and added a sentence:
Lin Xiaoya successfully locked the door for the first time in practice, securing one of the door openings.
Gu Changye's smile faded slightly upon reading those words.
"She's starting to grow up too."
……
The cracks above the observatory were gradually sealed by the Star Law Array.
The infestation of doorworms has been temporarily suppressed.
Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a deep rumble suddenly came from the depths of the main star gate.
boom--
Everyone looked up at the same time.
Suddenly, the deep blue anchor in the depths of the Dragon Abyss Main Star Gate lit up in the sky.
It's clearer than before.
More stable.
It's more like a deep blue nail truly embedded in the main star's gate.
The compass at the Stargate Observatory was vibrating wildly.
The white-haired mentor's expression changed drastically.
"Second anchor stability has increased!"
"Thirty-six!"
"Forty-one!"
"Forty-five!"
Inside the main fortress of the Zhenxing Army, the battle preparation bell rang once again.
Zhou Xuanheng's gaze finally darkened.
"Eyeworms are not offensive."
"It's about positioning."
They have accomplished half of their goal.
Although the main eye was intercepted, the direction of the lock mark was still detected behind the door.
Deep within the main star gate.
A low, indistinct voice came from behind the two blue anchors.
That voice wasn't the sect leader's real voice.
Yet it carried the lingering echoes of the sect leader's will.
"The lock has been found."
Starry Courtyard.
Lin Xiaoya frowned slightly in her sleep.
Lin Yuan looked up at the main star gate.
The system prompt appeared silently.
[Increased stability of the second anchor of the main star gate detected]
[A high-order gate projection is about to take shape]
[Estimated energy level: Late stage of the Marquis title or above]
Lin Yuan calmly looked at the dark blue anchor mark.
"Late stage of being granted the title of Marquis or above".
He whispered:
"This meal."
"It carries more weight than a doorworm."